Erkki Kaila Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Erkki Kaila
Archbishop of Turku and Finland
Church:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Archdiocese:Turku
Term:1935–1944
Retired:-->
Predecessor:Lauri Ingman
Successor:Aleksi Lehtonen
Ordination:1889
Consecration:1925
Birth Date:2 June 1867
Birth Place:Huittinen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire Present-day Finland
Death Place:Turku, Finland
Nationality:Finnish
Religion:Lutheran
Parents:Jonatan Johansson & Matilda Maria Milbrandt
Spouse:Aina Maria Drake (1889–1937)
Anna-Maria Tallgren (1944)
Children:10
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Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament between 1917 and 1927, representing the Finnish Party from 1917 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1927.

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